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Ministry of Education New Zealand

Use this checklist to review your school's health and safety practices when engaging contractors.

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Use this checklist to review health and safety information, induction and training processes.

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Contractors must comply with the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015. You can use this checklist to help you review your contractor’s health and safety processes.

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You can also ask them to sign a health and safety contract using our example.

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Child protection

Your school is responsible for Police vetting any contractors who have, or are likely to have, unsupervised access to students at the school during normal school hours.

Who needs to be safety checked at school

Police vets for schools and kura

Risk assessments after a Police vet

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